'3.37 Million Subscribers' IVE YouTube Channel Hacked... Agency "Restoring Content"

Channel Name Changed to 'SpaceX'
Agency "Resolving Issues with YouTube"

The official YouTube channel of IVE, a leading K-pop girl group with 3.37 million subscribers, was hacked, making the content inaccessible.

As of 8:40 PM that day, the IVE official YouTube channel had been unauthorizedly changed to the space company 'SpaceX' led by Elon Musk. Videos related to IVE were also unavailable.

Group IVE. [Image source=Yonhap News]

Accordingly, the release schedule for IVE's own content video '1, 2, 3 IVE4,' which was planned for 11 PM that day, was postponed. The IVE YouTube channel has 3.37 million subscribers.

In addition to IVE, YouTube channels of Starship-affiliated groups Monsta X (2.57 million subscribers) and CRAVITY (790,000 subscribers) were also hacked.

As of 8:40 PM on the 4th, the official YouTube channel name of IVE has been changed to 'SpaceX'. [Image source=YouTube capture]

Starship stated, "Regarding the hacking of the artists' official channels on the day, we are currently working with YouTube to resolve the issue and are in the process of recovery," adding, "We will do our best to restore all content as quickly as possible."

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